The steamer Admiral / Annie Amantea Blum ; foreword by John N. Hoover.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blum, Annie Amantea, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Admiral (Steamer)--History--Pictorial works.

Admiral (Steamer).

Mississippi River--Navigation--History--Pictorial works.

Mississippi River.

Mississippi River Valley--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Mississippi River Valley.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2017]

Summary:

John Streckfus began his small Acme Company in 1889 with one wooden packet boat, the steamer Verne Swain, out of Rock Island, Illinois, carrying people and goods on the Mississippi River. His business grew, but each year brought competition from the growing railroads. He decided that excursion boats were the only way to compete. He built the steamer J.S. in 1901 and "tramped" her from town to town offering excursions and dance cruises. By 1910, the company comprised four boats and an office in St. Louis and offered excursion cruises on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. The flagship, the steamer Admiral, was far above the others. She provided excursions, fun, and memories for almost 40 years.

Contents:

Prelude

The metal hull boats

Images of the Admiral and the Levee

The first deck

The cabin

The fourth deck

The top deck

Stages of life

The ending

The Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781439659953

1439659958